Schneider, Karen

Abstract The Reading Room: 90th Anniversary exhibition records comprise material relating to the inaugural show of The Reading Room at The Phillips Collection, held in celebration of the 90th anniversary of museum in 2011, where a display of books and manuscripts, correspondence, and photographs (mostly in facsimile format) was assembled under the curatorial direction of Karen Schneider, Head Librarian, to highlight Duncan Phillips and his legacy. Included are exhibition planning records created...

Abstract The Reading Room: Duncan Phillips and New York Collections exhibition records comprise material regarding an installation of The Reading Room at The Phillips Collection held in 2013-2014. On display were selected letters, catalogues, printed material, art works, and photographs (nearly all in facsimile format) assembled under the curatorial direction of Karen Schneider, Head Librarian, to highlight Duncan Phillips’s affiliations with individuals and collections in New York during the early...

Abstract The Reading Room: Duncan Phillips and Washington Collections in the 1920s exhibition records comprise material relating to the second installation of The Reading Room at The Phillips Collection in 2012-2013, where a display of selected correspondence, photographs, and books (mostly in facsimile format) was assembled under the curatorial direction of Karen Schneider, Head Librarian, to reveal Duncan Phillips’s relationships with the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Freer Gallery of Art, and local...

Abstract The Reading Room: The Journals of Duncan Phillips exhibition records contain material regarding an installation of The Reading Room at The Phillips Collection held in 2014-2016. On display was a selection of Phillips’s journals, his 1937 book on Giorgione, and art works (paintings in facsimile format) assembled under the curatorial direction of Karen Schneider, Head Librarian, to highlight Duncan Phillips’s prolific writing during the early 1900s to 1930s that revealed the development of his...

Abstract The Reading Room: Women of Influence: Elmira Bier, Minnie Byers, and Marjorie Phillips (Part 1) exhibition records contain material regarding an installation of The Reading Room at The Phillips Collection held in 2016-2017. On display were selected letters, catalogues, printed material, art works, an architectural rendering, and photographs (nearly all in facsimile format) assembled under the curatorial direction of Karen Schneider, Head Librarian, to highlight the critical role that these...

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Women of Influence: Elmira Bier, Minnie Byers, and Marjorie Phillips (Part 2) exhibition records examines the critical role that each woman played in the day-to-day activities of The Phillips Collection over six decades. This refreshed installation features correspondence, postcards, photographs, and telegrams from The Phillips Collection Archives. See also Women of Influence: Elmira Bier, Minnie Byers, and Marjorie Phillips (Part I) (2016-2017).